Climate Focus is an advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our international and multidisciplinary team works closely with companies, governments and non-governmental organizations on reducing emissions in energy, households, industry, agriculture and forestry.
Climate Focus is an independent expert in international and national climate law, policies, project design and finance. We have been pioneering carbon markets ever since their inception. We aim to find a creative and unique solution for every single client, ranging from the development of policies to protect the rainforest to structuring greenhouse gas mitigation projects in the energy sector. Our advice is rooted in a profound knowledge of climate change policies, emission trading schemes and project development.
Climate Focus has offices in Amsterdam, Washington DC and Beijing and representatives in São Paulo, Lisbon and Brussels. We complement our core team with a broad network of in-country and specialized partners.
The Rockefeller Foundation wanted to know how agriculture could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the lives of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The Agricultural Carbon Facility study offers an answer.
Climate Focus led a team of experts to analyze opportunities for involving the private sector in the generation of REDD+ credits for the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
The first session in a dialogue series focused on climate change is being sponsored by the Governments of Mexico and Switzerland. The World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the International Chamber of Commerce are hosting the series, and the first session, held on September 1-2 in Geneva, focuses on the role of the private sector in a future climate regime. Climate Focus Director Charlotte Streck facilitates the session. Read more...
Climate Focus and Climate Wedge presented comments to the California Environmental Protection Agency encouraging it draft its guidelines for California’s cap and trade system to influence emerging international REDD mechanisms. The rules defined for AB 32’s demand for REDD offsets and internationally linked credits can shape long term sustainable and scalable REDD mechanisms and associated projects. Read more...
Although contributing 14% of the world’s GHG emissions, agriculture has been largely neglected until now. Michael Coren looks at the future of the agricultural sector and climate change in an editorial for the Katoomba Group. With synergies between mitigation and adaptation within reach, agriculture’s time has finally come. Read more...
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